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Show RESISTING THE GATHERING IN OF INDEPENDENT COMPANIES New York, Feb. 9 A group of deter-! deter-! mined lawyers from the. aggressive j states of Missouri und Ohio, have Jusc reached New York prepared to tackl-3 what they term the telephone trust: In Its ptrUtly legal form, the case at issue Is based on the suit of stock-, stock-, holders In the L'nlted States Telephone j company and the Cuyahoga Telephone ; company, who obtained In the stnto courts at Cleveland an injunction restraining re-straining the transfer and delivery or slock in those independent companies brought a few month ago by .1. 17 I Morgan &. Co. The ( lawyers came o ; New York to take depositions. The states, which thny represent, take '.he position that they must be shown thnt the purchase by Mr. Morgan of six telephone companies In Ohio and Indiana Ind-iana was strictly for himself and nt lor the Rell Interests. The legal array Includes Thomas Harlajj of St. Iouis. Samuel M. Jeff reys. of St. Louis, end H. D. McGraw of Cleveland, .and John. H. Hestettcr. representing the attorney general of Missouri. -- Representing-"the. Hell interests in-terests are S H.'Tolle's of Cleveland. Clarence Drown of Toledo and Geo, Ii. Leverett. |